End door for rail cars

Details End door for rail cars End door for rail cars

1975-05-30

1976-12-07

Spar, Robert J.

Railway rolling stock

Special car bodies

Freight

49 40, 49367, 49370, 105368R, 105410, B61D 1706, B61D 1900

Patent

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039955630

ABSTRACT:
An end closure for a rail car which comprises a pair of sliding doors. Locking mechanisms provided for securing the doors in closed position extending across the end of the rail car as well as in open and in intermediate positions. Each door moves from closed to open position through an opening in the side wall of the rail car to an open space on the outer side of the side wall within the allowed rail car clearance.

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patent: 3854425 (1974-12-01), Allen
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